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I tried running Windows XP on a modern laptop using a virtual machine, and it went great

Like many avid Windows OS users, I was also a big fan of Windows XP. There's no exaggeration in saying that it's one of the major reasons Microsoft is a household name among PC users. Feeling ...
Network World

Virtualization Day: Virtual Machine Manager R2 RTM and Windows 7 XP Mode

It must be Virtualization Day at my office as right in the middle of test out XP Mode on Windows 7 with some VoIP software, Microsoft announces System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 is RTM ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft gives more details on Windows 7 XP Mode

Microsoft's Scott Woodgate offers up a few more details around the once hush-hush virtualization project within Windows 7 now known as XP Mode As we discussed earlier this week, Microsoft is going to ...
PC World

Do I need Windows and software licenses for a virtual machine?

A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system that’s emulated within another operating system. You could run Windows within a MacBook as a virtual machine, or even Windows within Windows. Because of ...
InfoWorld

Windows 7’s ‘XP mode’: Right idea, wrong technology

Well, it finally happened. After years of patching and tweaking the Windows runtime to preserve backward compatibility (and placate its perpetually cranky customer base), Microsoft has finally said ...